Harold J. Laski: “No one can read the history of these years and fail to understand…”

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No one can read the history of these years and fail to understand their uncompromising denial of its rightness.

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Laski asserts that the historical denial of certain rights is evident in the actions of the past, reflecting on moral judgments in history.

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Harold J. Laski: “No one can read the history of these years and fail to understand their uncompromising denial of its rightness.”